Dress-form.



L. T. FURNAS.

DRESS FORM.

APPLICATION IILBD JUNE 6,1913.

1,107,055, Patented Aug. 11,1914.

TTUHNEYS emrah saarns PATENT OFFICE.

LINUS TERRY FUHNAS, OF LIMA, OHIO.

DRESS-FORM.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LINUS TERRY FURNAs7 a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Lima, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and Improved Dress-Form, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved dress formto he worn beneath corset covers, skirts, and other garments with a viewto rectify deiiciencies in the body ci' the wearer, and arranged topermit the user to accurately draw up the ruilies after washing thegarment with a view to correctly shirr the ruiiies to tit the garment.

In order to accomplish the desired result,

i use is made of a lo-unce provided with heins,

each containing a loop string doubled up to form a loop and secured atits end to one end of the hem, and a draw-string likewise doubled up andpassino through the loop of the loop string, Vone end of the draw-stringbeing secured to the other end of the hem, and the loose end of thedraw-string extending out of the hem at this end.

A practical embodiment of the invention mis represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate correspondingl parts in all theviews.

Figure l is a tace view of the dress form `looking at that side next tothe garment to which it is attached, part .of the lounce being shirredand part ol the iiounce being broken out; Fig. 2 is an enlarged faceview of a portion of a flounce and the means for shirring the lounce,parts being shown broken away. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section ofthe dress form on the line 3*?) of Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a similar viewof the same on the line 4 4 of Fig. l.

In reshirring the ruies after the garment is washed the user often hasconsiderable diiiiculty in correctly shirring the ruffle to provide thedesired fullness, the rutile being either shirred too much or notenough. The body or foundation A of the dress form, which is shown indotted lines in Fig. 1, may be made of muslin or any other suitablewoven fabric, netting or open mesh material, and is provided with aseries of ilounces B, the upper edges of which are secured at one endonly to the outer surface of the body A, these lounces extending in ase- Speccation of Letters Patent.

Application led June G, 1313.

`edges of laps Patented Aug. 11, 1914. Serial No.` 772,075.

ries across the upper front portion of the garment, and each consistingof a foundation piece C to which are secured the upper D, these iiapsbein disposed upon the inner surface o. the foundation piece C andextending toward the garment or body A. Each of the `lounces B isprovided with henis F, preferably one at the top and one at eachjunction of the flap D with the piece C, and within each hem F arearranged a loop string G and a draw-string H. The loop string G isdoubled up to form a loop and its ends are secured by stitches I orother means to the corresponding end F of the hem F, and the doubled-uploop string G is of a length corresponding approximately to the lengthof the lounce B after being shirred. The draw-string H is also doubledup and passes through the loop G and one end of the draw-string H issecured by stitches J or other means to the other end F2 of the hem F.The free end H of the draw-string H extends through the open end F2 ofthe hem F to the outside thereof. Now when the `i'lounce B is iiattenedout and it is desired it is only necessary for y to shirr the lounce,the user .to pull on the free end H of each draw-string H so as to shirrthe rutile along the loop string G, it being understood that on pullingon the free end H of the drawstring H the loop string G is drawn throughthe hem F toward the end F2, and when the latter point is reached therutile is shirred on the loo-p string G. From the foregoing it will beseen that the length of the shirredl ruffle corresponds to the length ofthe loop string G, which is the required length to shirr ruffle toproper fullness. The drawstrings H of the adjacent lounces B are tiedinto bows H2, as plainly indicated in Fig. l, so as to hold the ouncesin shirred positions, it being seen that in order to permit this to bedone, the flounces are secured in pairs across the garment or otherfoundation, with the draw strings of each pair extending inwardly towardone another.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the user of the garment afterwashing the same can quickly and correctly shirr each rutile to obtainthe desired fullness and without danger of shirring the ruiiies too muchor not suliiciently.

Although I have shown and described a particular form of flounce, it isevident that I do not limit myself to any special construction of theflounce as the sets of strings Gr and II can be used in the heins of anyflounce for the purpose mentioned.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

l. A dress form provided With a flounce having a guide, a loop stringWithin the said guide and doubled up to forni a loop, the ends oftheloop string being secured to one end of the flounce, and adraw-string extendingwithin the said hein and doubled up, thedraw-string passing through the loop of the loop string and having oneend secured to the other end of the iiounce, the other and free end ofthe draw-string extending beyond the last-mentioned end of the fiounce.

2. A dress form, comprising a foundation, a flounce secured at one uppercorner to the said foundation and overlying the saine, the flounce beingprovided with a longitudinally-extending hem reaching from one end ofthe `lio-Lince to the other end, a loop string extending Within oneportion of the hem and doubled up to form a loop, the ends of the loopstring being fixed in the corresponding end of the hem, and a drawstring extending in the other portion of the hein and doubled up, thedraw string passing through the loop of the loop string and having oneend secured to the other end of the hem, the loose end of thedraw-string extending .through the end of the hein to the outsidethereof.

`3. A dress forni provided With a. liounce having a hem, a loop sti-ingWithin. the said hem and doubled up to form a loop, the ends :Tof theloop string being` secured to one end of the hem, and the length of theloop stringcorresponding to the length of the ruflie when shirred, and adraw-string extending Within the said hem and doubled up, the ,drawstring passing through the loop of the loop string and having one endsecured to the other end of the hem, the loose end of the draw-stringextending through the end of the hein to the outside thereof.

t. A dress forni, comprising a foundation, flounces secured at one uppercorner to the said foundation and overlying the same, each liounee beingprovided with a longitudinally-extending hem reaching from one end ofthe flounce to the other end, a loop string extending in oneportion ofthe hem and doubled up to form a loop, the ends of the loop string beingfixed in the corresponding end of the hein, the length of the doubled-uploop string determining the length of the shirred i'uflie, and adraw-string extending in the other portion of the hem und doubled up,the draw-string passing through the loop of the loop string and havingone end secured to the other end of the hem, the loose end of thedraw-string extending through the end of the hein to the outside thereofthe said flounees being arranged in pairs on the said. foundation, andthe donnees of each pair having the free ends of their drawstrin sextending toward one another to permit them to be tied to one :motherwhen the flounces are shirred.

5. A dress form con'iprising a foundation, 75 flounees attached to thefoundation, and shiri'ing and limiting ineens on each {iounce forshirring the saine, comprising eoi'iperating members for limiting theshirring to form a ruflie of the length of one of said members.

6. A dress form comprising a foundation, flounces attached to thefoundation, and shirring and limiting means on each fiounce for shirringthe same, comprising interengaging loop members for limiting theshirring to form a rufde of the length of one of the loops.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification in thepresence of tivo subscribing Witnesses.

LINUS TERRY FURNAS.

lilitnesses Trino. G. IIos'rnR, PHILIP I). Roma-mns.

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